Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to incentivized rental vehicle return. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a user device can determine a return location and a return date for a rental vehicle that is subject to an existing vehicle rental agreement between a user and a rental company. The user device can calculate a return on investment (“ROI”) for the return location and the return date in consideration of an incentive to be provided to the user, compare the ROI to an initial ROI based on the existing vehicle rental agreement, and determine whether the ROI is greater than the initial ROI. The user device also can present, to the user, a return option that identifies the return location, the return date, and the incentive when the ROI is greater than the initial ROI.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, a first broadcast message, wherein the first broadcast message includes a value for a parameter associated with a first frequency band, determining, by the processing system and based on the value, that the processing system is not configured to use the first frequency band as part of communications in a network, and subsequent to the determining, the processing system refraining from scanning for an availability of the first frequency band within the network. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of receiving an original audio signal for an interval; creating a time-series graphical image of the original audio signal for the interval; compressing the time-series graphical image, thereby creating a reduced resolution image; recreating a retrieved audio signal from the reduced resolution image; determining whether a comparison of the retrieved audio signal to the original audio signal meets a quality threshold; responsive to meeting the quality threshold, compressing the reduced resolution image further and repeating the recreating and determining steps; and transmitting a last reduced resolution image that meets the quality threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating a topological representation of a first portion of a communication network, obtaining data via an activation of a probe, wherein the data corresponds to an indicator of performance within the first portion of the communication network, modifying the topological representation to include a value corresponding to the indicator of the performance, resulting in a modified topological representation, and presenting the modified topological representation via an input/output device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of allocating a port for receiving a request to access a resource of a second device, wherein the second device has a non-routable network address, wherein the device is on a first network, wherein the second device is on a third network, and wherein the first network and the third network are communicatively coupled by the second network; opening a second connection to a network element on the second network responsive to receiving a first connection; sending a first message to the network element to create a meeting with the resource; and sending a Geocast message requesting that the second device create a third connection that enables access to the resource, wherein the Geocast message identifies a geographic area in which the second device is physically

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes registering, by a processing system including a processor, a first financial compliance app (FCA) executing on a first user device and a second FCA executing on a second user device; communicating with the first and second user devices to facilitate a transaction between the user devices that includes disposition of a cryptocurrency asset; receiving a report of the transaction from the first and second FCAs; recording information regarding the transaction; and generating an accounting report, a taxation report, a compliance report, and/or a user report regarding the transaction. The first and/or second user device provides a virtual environment; the processing system includes application program interfaces (APIs) for communicating with the first and second user devices; and the first and/or second FCA determines applicable rules relating to the transaction. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of identifying a public land mobile network (PLMN) identifier associated with a communications network; determining a tracking area code (TAC) range of a plurality of cell sites in a radio access network (RAN) associated with the PLMN identifier; identifying transport network circuits of a transport network connecting the plurality of cell sites with a core network of the communications network; and displaying a user interface comprising a graphical representation of the core network, the transport network and the RAN. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: determining that the device will be communicating as a remote user equipment (UE) with a wireless access point of a network via a relay UE, wherein the relay UE is configured to forward first communications from the device when the device is operating as the remote UE to the wireless access point, and wherein the relay UE is configured to forward second communications from the wireless access point to the device when the device is operating as the remote UE; creating a message indicative of the device operating as the remote UE, the message conforming to a communication protocol; and transmitting the message to the relay UE. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to autonomous vehicle pairing management. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a fleet pairing management application executed by a processor of an autonomous vehicle can initiate a fleet pairing process with a plurality of other autonomous vehicles, each of which can execute one of a plurality of other fleet pairing management applications. The fleet pairing management application can send, over a network, an initiate network pairing request to the plurality of other autonomous vehicles. The fleet pairing management application can receive a confirm network pairing response from at least one other autonomous vehicle of the plurality of other autonomous vehicles. A fleet can then be established. The fleet can include the autonomous vehicle and the at least one other autonomous vehicle of the plurality of other autonomous vehicles. The autonomous vehicles in the fleet can then share data among the fleet.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: obtaining a list of a plurality of known cell sites, the list comprising for each known cell site of the plurality of known cell sites a respective set of known geospatial coordinates; obtaining for each set of known geospatial coordinates, a corresponding aerial image; applying each corresponding aerial image to an automated process to generate a model, the model being usable to determine whether a particular test aerial image depicts a cell site; obtaining from a database an identification of an asserted cell site, the identification of the asserted cell site comprising a set of asserted geospatial coordinates; obtaining for the set of asserted geospatial coordinates, a test aerial image; applying the test aerial image to the mo

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include a method including steps of, for each segment of a content item during presentation of a content item, obtaining current consumption context information, determining a current consumption context for the segment according to the consumption context information, selecting a filtered set of audio track and video track variants for the segment according to the current consumption context and track variant information, selecting an audio track and a video track for the segment from the filtered set of audio track and video track variants according to a dynamic network condition, receiving a data stream for the segment from a server over a network including the audio track and the video track for the segment, and presenting the segment of the content item according to the audio track and the video track via a video output and an audio output. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, including a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of authenticating an identity of a user of user equipment that controls a virtual entity in a virtual environment; receiving a data feed providing images from the virtual environment; correlating signals from the user equipment with actions of the virtual entity observed in the images; and issuing a warning responsive to the user being unidentified or the signals being uncorrelated with the actions. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, including: selecting a first building block pattern function (bbDNA) having a first weight from a catalog, wherein the first bbDNA is based on a first mature pattern reaching a first bbDNA frequency threshold, wherein the first bbDNA is associated with at least one machine learning (ML) model of a plurality of ML models; selecting a second bbDNA having a second weight from the catalog, wherein the second bbDNA is associated with at least one ML model in the plurality of ML models; and creating a new ML model based on a combination of the first bbDNA and the second bbDNA. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, methods and apparatus to configure low power transmitters that operate in unlicensed 6 GHz spectrum in an effort to reduce the likelihood that the low power transmitters will cause interference to incumbent operators of fixed microwave links in the same 6 GHz spectrum. The low power transmitters may be any transmitter in the unlicensed spectrum, including for example, low power indoor access points, 5G small cells, and the like. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, methods and apparatus to configure low power transmitters that operate in unlicensed 6 GHz spectrum in an effort to reduce the likelihood that the low power transmitters will cause interference to incumbent operators of fixed microwave links in the same 6 GHz spectrum. The low power transmitters may be any transmitter in the unlicensed spectrum, including for example, low power indoor access points, 5G small cells, and the like. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a private cellular network that includes a group of wireless communication devices and a private cellular service area in which the group of wireless communication devices may receive a private cellular network service. A radio access network (RAN) of a group of RANs in communication with a mobile core network of a public mobile cellular network is configured to provide a wireless coverage area that contains an entirety of the private cellular service area. A virtual machine is configured as a private cellular network controller that is adapted to provide the private cellular network service to wireless communication devices of the private cellular network group operating within the service area. The private cellular network service does not utilize the mobile core network. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining input data, processing the input data to generate output data, the output data including an identification of one or more characteristics associated with tethered communications involving at least a first user equipment, and based on the identification of the one or more characteristics, causing an action to be taken. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, analyzing data in accordance with at least one algorithm to select one of carrier aggregation or dual connectivity for providing a communication service in respect of a communication device, resulting in a selection, and providing the communication service to the communication device in accordance with the selection. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving environmental data from a plurality of environmental data sources, identifying environmental risks based on the environmental data, obtaining profile information relating to a user or entity, based on the obtaining the profile information and the identifying the environmental risks, generating a recommendation for one or more locations of possible interest, and causing the recommendation to be presented to the user or entity, thereby providing location-based environmental risk information that is customized on a per user or per entity basis. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining, by a wireless router or a wireless access point (WAP) associated with a fixed network connection, that a network condition is satisfied, based on the determining that the network condition is satisfied, detecting for available networks operating in licensed spectrum and available networks operating in unlicensed spectrum, responsive to the detecting, identifying a first available network operating in licensed spectrum and a second available network operating in unlicensed spectrum, and aggregating, in one or more link aggregation groups, a first connection established with the first available network and a second connection established with the second available network, thereby augmenting a network capacity of the fixed network connection. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, adjusting bandwidth allocated for a first group of communication devices communicatively coupled to a first communication network from a bandwidth limited allocation to a no bandwidth limited allocation, and measuring a first group of metrics associated with the first group of communication devices associated with the first communication network. Further embodiments include computing a second group of metrics associated with a second group of communication devices communicatively coupled to a second communication network according to the first group of metrics, the second group of communication devices have the no bandwidth limited allocation, and allocating a first group of network resources for the second group of communication devices according to the second group of metrics. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining node data identifying for a network a source node, a destination node and a plurality of other nodes; obtaining reference path data identifying a reference path from the source node to the destination node; obtaining alternate path data identifying a plurality of alternate paths from the source node to the destination node, setting for the reference path a possible split threshold identifying a traffic bandwidth which can trigger a re-direction of traffic from the reference path; determining whether a current traffic flow on the reference path meets the possible split threshold, resulting in a first determination; responsive to the first determination, obtaining, subsequent to the setting for the reference path of the possible split threshold, current alternate path data for each of the plurality of alternate paths, wherein the current alternate path data comprises for each of the alternate paths a respective current alternate path bandwidt

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure may include monitoring, via a circuit, a level of a current, detecting, based on the monitoring, that the level of the current exceeds a threshold, where the threshold is indicative of an occurrence of at least one event, engaging, based on the detecting, a health check in respect of: a first component of a first waveguide device, a second component of a second waveguide device, a portion of a transmission medium between the first waveguide device and the second waveguide device, or any combination thereof, where the transmission medium is utilized to convey a first electromagnetic wave that is guided by and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and transmitting, based on the engaging, a report, a signal, or a combination thereof, that is indicative of a health status resulting from the health check. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data pertaining to a plurality of user equipment and a plurality of network resources, analyzing the data to identify that a first user equipment included in the plurality of user equipment is a reduced capability device, based on the analyzing, allocating first network resources included in the plurality of network resources to the first user equipment, resulting in a first allocation, and based on the analyzing, allocating second network resources included in the plurality of network resources to a second user equipment included in the plurality of user equipment, resulting in a second allocation. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of receiving network configuration data from a plurality of location-based services nodes in a network; transforming the network configuration data into reference audit values; comparing the reference audit values with the network configuration data received from each location-based services node in the plurality of location-based services nodes to generate corrections; and sending the corrections to each location-based services node in the plurality of location-based services nodes responsive to the network configuration data deviating from the reference audit values. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, adjusting bandwidth allocated for first communication devices of a first communication network from a first bandwidth limit to no bandwidth limit, measuring first metrics of the first communication devices, computing second metrics of second communication devices of a second communication network, in which there is no bandwidth limit allocated to the second communication devices, determining a first allocation of first network resources for the second communication devices.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a mechanism to switch mobile device management solutions used to manage device functions. A device may have multiple mobile device management solutions resident on the device, and in response to a received trigger, may activate one mobile device management solution and deactivate another mobile device management solution. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device in which a processing system defines service attributes for a function of an internet multimedia subsystem (IMS) core; the function is dedicated for providing a service to a user endpoint (UE) device. The processing system facilitates constructing a resource profile of the IMS core that includes the function; registering the function at a network repository function (NRF) associated with the IMS core; discovering the function from the NRF; obtaining a service requirement of the UE; and matching the service requirement with the service attributes in accordance with matching criteria. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a list of a plurality of communication channels, each communication channel being associated with at least one respective feature of a plurality of features; correlating each communication channel in the list with at least one respective user response of a plurality of user responses; receiving an identification of a new communication channel that does not exist in the list, the new communication channel being associated with at least one feature of the plurality of features; determining, based upon the at least one feature that is associated with the new communication channel, with which one or more of the plurality of communication channels in the list the new communication channel is similar, resulting in a determination; and assigning, based upon the determination, at least one of the plurality of user responses to the new communication channel. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, dividing a feature range of a feature into a plurality of subsets that span the feature range, calculating an average target variable value for each subset of the plurality of subsets, resulting in a plurality of average target variable values, and estimating a measure of feature significance with respect to a target variable by determining a difference between a maximum average target variable value and a minimum average target variable value in the plurality of average target variable values. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, assessing a priority of a particular user at a service area in a mobile communications network for a strong radio signal from a cell site of the mobile communications network, and providing the strong radio signal to a mobile device of the particular user according to the priority of the particular user, wherein the providing the strong radio signal comprises focusing an antenna beam of a beamforming antenna at the service area and assigning the antenna beam to the particular user for downlink communication between the cell site of the mobile communications network and the particular user. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed detecting and mitigating drive-by home WI-FI hijack attacks. According to one aspect, a war driving activity correlation system can obtain a report from a home gateway system. The report can identify a suspicious device attempting to connect to a WI-FI network provided, at least in part, by the home gateway system. The war driving activity correlation system can determine, based upon the report, a route of an attacker who uses the suspicious device. The war driving activity correlation system can send instructions to the home gateway system. The instructions can include the route and can specify one or more mitigation actions to be performed by the home gateway system, such as blacklisting a media access control address associated with the suspicious device. The mitigation action(s) can be based upon one or more policies.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a threshold value of a streaming-media key performance indicator (KPI) based on a predetermined target portion of end-user devices that provide an acceptable performance. Performance records are obtained for a content delivery network (CDN) adapted to cache and serve media content requested by the end-user devices. Predicted values of the streaming-media KPI are generated according to the performance records of the CDN and compared to the threshold value of the streaming-media KPI to obtain a comparison. An anomaly is detected according to the comparison, to indicate that a predetermined number of the predicted values of the streaming-media KPI fail to satisfy the threshold value. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, analyzing, by a processing system, a customer message to determine a customer care issue and a customer sentiment, and generating a response to engage with the customer based on the customer sentiment; the response includes the information to address the customer care issue. The system also delivers the response to the equipment of the customer; monitors for a customer reaction to the delivered response to determine a change in the customer sentiment; and generates an additional response to further engage with the customer based on the change in the customer sentiment. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a self-interference channel response of a transceiver of a mobile base station having a transmitter and a receiver. The self-interference channel response spans multiple sub-bands of a predetermined mobile cellular frequency channel. A first sub-band of the multiple sub-bands is identified according to the self-interference channel response and, an estimate is determined, at the receiver, of a first coupled transmit power level of the transmitter when operating within the first sub-band. A receiver sensitivity is adjusted according to the first coupled transmit power level to obtain an adjustment adapted to increase receiver sensitivity, while restricting operation of the receiver to a substantially linear region. The adjustment allows a transmission within the first sub-band and a reception within a second sub-band of the plurality of sub-bands to occur simultaneously at the mobile base station. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of receiving a smart contract for tracking a position of a mobile device from a quantum blockchain; issuing a token uniquely identifying location data for the position of the mobile device; receiving location data including the token from the mobile device, wherein the position of the mobile device is determined by displacement from an initial position using a quantum accelerometer; verifying the location data using the token; and storing the location data in the quantum blockchain. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving network requirements for a new telecommunications network to be developed by a network operator, developing a workflow for design and development of the new telecommunications network based on stored knowledge base data about past telecommunications network projects of the network operator, the stored knowledge base data including information about prior milestone processes of the past telecommunications network projects of the network operator, modifying the information about prior milestone processes based on the network requirements for the new telecommunications network, forming a plurality of milestone processes for the new telecommunications network, and performing respective milestone processes of the plurality of milestone processes to design, develop and test the new telecommunications network, including performing a network ready milestone process of final testing of network functions and a certification that the new telecommunica

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining sensor data that includes an image of a projection environment, determining physical objects portrayed within the image, and characterizing physical properties of the physical objects according to the sensor data to obtain a characterization. A first target object of the physical objects having a first projection surface is identified according to the characterization, and a source image is modified according to the first projection surface. The modified image is provided to a projector adapted to project the modified image onto the first projection surface. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Improving configuration of routing areas within an area of interest can include obtaining input data including a list of common language location identifiers within a defined area of interest and identification of a number of routing areas to be created within the area of interest; creating a bounding rectangle around the area of interest represented by the list of common language location identifiers; generating, within the bounding rectangle, a uniformly distributed sequence point; determining, from within the list of common language location identifiers, if the uniformly distributed sequence point is located in a particular common language location identifier of the list of common language location identifiers; if so, adding, to a list of kernel common language location identifiers the uniformly distributed sequence point; and if not, discarding the uniformly distributed sequence point.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving network performance metrics for a plurality of paths through a network, each path extending from a customer equipment to an application server for data communication by the customer equipment with an application running on the application server, selecting a selected path among the plurality of paths, wherein the selecting is based on the network performance metrics, and communicating between the customer equipment and the application server according to the selected path. Border gateway protocol (BGP) community values (BGP CV) add BGP performance metrics community values (BPM CV) to convey network performance metrics to provider edge routers and customer premises equipment for network selection. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining compressed sounding reference signal (SRS) information associated with a user end device from a distributed unit device. The distributed unit device compresses SRS information utilizing a first compression algorithm resulting in the compressed SRS information. Further embodiments include decompressing the compressed SRS information utilizing a first decompression algorithm resulting in the SRS information and determining SRS channel estimation based on the SRS information. Additional embodiments include determining a group of beamforming weights based on the SRS channel estimation, and adjusting an antenna array according to the group of beamforming weights. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system comprising a distributed unit (DU) configured to generate sounding reference signal (SRS)-based beams, and a remote unit (RU) communicatively coupled with the DU over a fronthaul, wherein the RU is configured to generate demodulation reference signal (DMRS)-based beams and perform digital beamforming for an uplink using the DMRS-based beams in combination with the SRS-based beams. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to quantum key distribution (“QKD”) networking as a service. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a microservices controller can establish a plurality of quantum connections with a plurality of virtual quantum connection managers (“vQCMs”) deployed in association with a set of quantum user nodes (“QUNs”) in a QKD network. The microservices controller can receive a request to initialize the QKD network. The microservices controller can coordinate with the plurality of vQCMs to handle initialization of the QKD network. The microservices controller can receive a QKD service request from a QKD network operator. The microservices controller can invoke a plurality of microservices to handle the QKD service request.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations including: receiving sounding reference signal (SRS) data for an uplink transmission of a user equipment (UE) from a remote unit (RU); generating SRS-based beam weights; transmitting the SRS-based beam weights to the RU; instructing the RU to generate DMRS-based beam weights and send demodulation reference signal (DMRS) channel estimates from subsequent uplink transmissions of the UE; and receiving the DMRS channel estimates from the RU. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, network device(s) capable of on-demand virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) table creation. A network device may receive a request from a customer device requesting on-demand VRF creation, and may instantiate and provision a VRF in response. The request made by the customer device may be made by announcing an attribute in a border gateway protocol (BGP) message. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of detecting and mitigating denial of service (“DoS”) attacks over home gateway network address translation (“NAT”) are disclosed herein. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a home gateway system can detect that a NAT table is overpopulated. In response to detecting that the NAT table is overpopulated, the home gateway system can determine a mitigation action to be performed. The home gateway system can then perform the mitigation action in an attempt to mitigate an effect of the NAT table overpopulation.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a scenario that warrants a pooling of first resources associated with a first network operator with second resources associated with at least a second network operator that is different from the first network operator, based on the detecting, obtaining first data indicating an availability of a first portion of the first resources and second data indicating an availability of a first portion of the second resources, processing at least the first data and the second data to generate a plan for facilitating a communication service involving the first portion of the first resources and the first portion of the second resources, and facilitating the communication service based on the plan. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: receiving by a selected one of a plurality of containers incoming traffic from a legacy application, the legacy application having been associated with a migrated application prior to the migrated application having been installed on a Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud infrastructure, the incoming traffic comprising a first instruction to perform a first legacy operation; mapping the first legacy operation of the legacy application to a replacement instruction for the migrated application by receiving data from the selected container and assigning the replacement instruction to replace the first instruction; and communicating with the migrated application on the SaaS cloud infrastructure, the communicating comprising sending to the migrated appli

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a user input module to receive collected user inputs during game play by a user at user equipment, in an interactive game with a remote user provided by a gaming application, the user equipment in data communication over a network with remote user equipment of the remote user. Aspects of the subject disclosure may further include a network monitor module to monitor a network connection over the network with the remote user equipment and to identify a network game play interruption during the game play, and a game application programming interface (API) to automatically control game play during the network game play interruption to simulate game inputs of the user based on the collected user inputs so the remote user is unaware of the network game play interruption, wherein the game API is responsive to identification of the network game play interruption for automatically controlling the game play. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Packet-based network delivery control can include receiving, at a router of a network route, data packets associated with traffic generated by an application server, the traffic being sent by an application server to a destination device via the network route, determining, at the router, if executable code is to be generated for the data packets, in response to a determination that the executable code is to be generated for the data packets, determining handling instructions for the data packets, generating the executable code, the executable code, when executed by the router, causing the router to transmit the data packets across the network route in accordance with the handling instructions, and implementing the handling instructions at the router to transmit the data packets across the network route in accordance with the handling instructions.